All news on the topic: Death row

Richard Rojem was executed in Oklahoma today for the 1984 murder of 7 year old Layla Cummings, whose mutilated body was found in a field in rural Washita County

David Hosier, 69, was put to death via lethal injection on Tuesday evening, over a decade after he was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of 45-year-old Angela Gilpin

Alabama is seeking to carry out another nitrogen gas execution, months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method in the execution of Kenneth Smith

According to Karen Pojmann, a spokeswoman for the Missouri Department of Corrections, David Hosier, 69, was declared dead at 6:11 p.m. in the state prison in Bonne Terre after receiving a single injection of the sedative pentobarbital

A Missouri man was put to death on Tuesday evening, executed by lethal injection for a crime he insisted he didn't commit. He was convicted largely on circumstantial evidence and also said his public defenders didn't do their jobs well

David Hosier has been on death row for a crime he was convicted of over 10 years ago that he says he didn't commit, he spoke to The Mirror ahead of his scheduled execution to share his thoughts

A death row killer mouthed three words to his family seconds before lethal injection drugs entered his system, killing him relatively quickly. He also gave his family a thumbs-up before he lost consciousness

Jamie Ray Mills spent nearly two decades on death row and was executed on Thursday evening. Mills had been convicted of the capital murders of Floyd Hill, 87, and his wife Vera Hill in Guin, 72, in Alabama in 2004

Alabama has scheduled a second execution with nitrogen gas, months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi, known for his critical lyrics about the Iranian government and the death of Mahsa Amini, has been sentenced to death, sparking international condemnation

The legal setback was the latest for Jonathan Carr, 44, and Reginald Carr, 46, as they await execution for a quadruple killing known as the 'Wichita massacre' after the Supreme Court also denied their request

Brian Dorsey, 52, was pronounced dead at 6.11pm after a single-dose injection of the sedative pentobarbital at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri, despite pleas to halt his death

Brian Dorsey, 52, was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday night at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri, after his final bid for life was denied

Brian Dorsey was executed at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri despite dozens of corrections officers testifying on his remorse and transformation

A death row killer could be subject to a 'surgery without anaesthesia' if executioners can't find a suitable vein for the needle that will deliver lethal drugs into his system on Tuesday

Michael DeWayne Smith, 41, died by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary on Thursday after being convicted of a double-murder more than two decades ago

Willie James Pye, 59, received an injection of the sedative pentobarbital at the state prison in Jackson, Georgia, following his November 1993 conviction for the murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough

Willie James Pye was found guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Alicia Lynn Yarbrough, in November 1993, with his execution by lethal injection carried out at 11:03 pm on Wednesday night

The Mirror boarded a traditional fishing boat to visit the notorious isle where inmates are marched out and killed by firing squad. It is the same journey Sandiford, 67, will make if authorities decide to carry out her punishment

We take a look at the timeline of drug smuggling grandmother Lindsay Sandiford, who had given up all hope while spending 11 long years on death row - until now

Lindsay Sandiford, a drug smuggling Yorkshire gran serving time on death row in Indonesia, has a chilling final wish as she awaits her disturbing fate behind bars

Lindsay Sandiford, a British grandmother serving time on death row in Indonesia, has found a way to pass the time behind bars while awaiting her grim fate

America's oldest death row inmate Walter Moody enjoyed a lavish 2,100-calorie dinner surrounded by friends before being administered a lethal injection and suffering an agonizing death

A Philadelphia inmate was exonerated after serving 30 years on death row for a crime he insists he did not commit — new evidence was presented that all but proved his innocence

Death row killer Ivan Cantu, who was convicted in 2001 for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin's girlfriend in Texas, was put to death on Wednesday despite pushes from Kim Kardashian to stay the execution